UFC President Dana White recently said he believes a rematch between the two could take place in 2019 once they clear their hurdles with the NSAC. Their fight at UFC 229 was the most lucrative in UFC history, largely in part due to the back story of McGregor attacking a fighter bus Nurmagomedov was on at UFC 223 in Brooklyn in April, which led to jail time for McGregor.

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